Bringing the Fun to TLU

CAB: Who They Are and What They DO

Have you ever wondered who is in charge of most of the awesome events on campus? Well the answer to that question is the Campus Activities Board, also known as CAB. CAB’s members consist of Chair, Alley Goyer, senior, Co-Chair, Elyse Hlavinka, junior, Megan McBride, senior, Caroline Jordan, junior, and Teanna Lewis, sophomore.  

CAB is an organization that creates events in order to help get students involved and to encourage diversity and critical thinking as well as helping to strengthen leadership skills. “We organize events that we try to make fun for the students here on campus. It’s either going to make you think, or it’s going to be a safe alternative because we’re trying to keep people here so that they’re safe,” said Goyer. 

Goyer also said that for each event they plan, a board member volunteers to be the chair of that event that way there’s a variety of people leading different events, but all CAB members help to make the events happen.  

Some of the CAB events that have happened this semester have been the Dive-In Movie after Freshmen Orientation, Game Night with Playdate University, the volleyball tournament after the first day of classes, the Comedy Show featuring Kevin Craft, Bulldog Bash featuring B Smyth, Constitution Cab on Constitution Day, Cultural Food Throwdown: Hispanic Heritage, the Pep Rally, and they have had a tent at tailgating with SGA.   

Emily Hulsey and Megan McBride facepainting during tailgating.
Photo taken by Wallace Presley

Goyer said that the Board meets every Monday night and talk about what’s coming up and what they want to see on campus. 

Tuesday October 21 was one of CAB’s Cultural Food Throwdown nights at Hein. “It’s an Islamic New Year celebration where we’re celebrating Middle Eastern culture. I thought it was a pretty cool idea because when we did the Hispanic Heritage night in Hein, I was thinking to myself ‘what’s the least understood culture here in America?’ I automatically thought about the Middle East. I wanted to do something that centered around understanding other cultures better because that’s one big thing that we’ve been wanting to work on. We want to understand other people, cultures and ethnicities,” said Goyer. 

The event planning doesn’t stop there because CAB already has another event lined up. 

“Our next event is purely for fun. This event is called Winter Fest and will be held on December 4. It was an awesome, huge success last year. It’s probably going to be in Jackson Park in the Party Barn. It’s going to be huge this year. We can’t really give away a lot of details because we’re trying to keep this one under wraps a little bit. But it’s going to be awesome,” said Goyer. 

If you’re interested in volunteering, CAB is always looking for help. 

“Volunteering is a great way to try to get yourself on the Board next year. All positions on the Board are paid positions. We’re always looking for volunteers, it’s a lot of fun. You get to see “the behind-the-scenes” of what happens here on campus. 

If anyone is interested in being a volunteer, you can email Elyse Hlavinka at emhlavinka@tlu.edu,” says Goyer. There is also a board in the ASC across and down a little bit from Conference Room C that has a list of CAB events and a sign-up sheet for volunteers.  

Make sure to like “TLU CAB” on Facebook, follow @TLUCAB on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the loop of awesome events on campus.

Jennifer McCoskey, Reporter